Evaluation of a Specialized Yoga Program for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

University Health Network, Toronto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga Condition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02656927

UHN-REB#15-9413-D

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to evaluate psychological variables, mindfulness, and pain in the context of a specialized yoga program for individuals with SCI. Participants will be randomized to either a wait-list control condition or to a specialized yoga program condition.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. have an SCI or a spinal related condition,
2. be 18 years of age or older,
3. be able to speak and read English,
4. commit to two weekly, one hour yoga classes for six weeks,
5. be referred from a clinician on the inter-disciplinary team,
6. have a sitting tolerance of one hour,
7. be able to participate in gentle physical activity in that time,
8. be aware of and understand his/her health contraindications (is able to practice safely),
9. provide a note from their physician indicating that it is safe for them to participate in a physical activity intervention, such as yoga.

Exclusion criteria

1. are not medically stable,
2. have pre-existing medical contraindications,
3. have cognitive limitations or language comprehension issues that would impact participation (determined by care team),
4. have had a regular yoga practice in the last six months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Yoga Condition

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga Condition

Wait-list Control Condition

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga Condition